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> Random anecdote: I just got back to the US from several weeks in China. I'm sure most people will be fine visiting China, but personally I like rule-of-law :
by jopsen 8y ago
> Random anecdote: I just got back to the US from several weeks in China.
I'm sure most people will be fine visiting China, but personally I like rule-of-law :)
No justice system is perfect. Coming from Denmark, I'm not impressed by the US justice system. But if you hire a lawyer your odds of a fair trial is decent.
But in China there is no assumption of regularity, or assumption of good faith. If someone powerful doesn't like you or wants to send a message -- then I guess you can take solace in the fact that your organs might not go to waste.
- mikeash 8y agoI totally see where you’re coming from and I have no problem with such a decision. It’s not the decision I make, but I wouldn’t try to argue that you’re wrong. My main point isn’t that everyone should go to China worry-free, but rather that a years-old drug conviction being bumped up from a long prison sentence to a death sentence isn’t going to make much difference to the decision. People like you probably wouldn’t go either way, and people like me aren’t going to change their minds because of it.